Banker s case



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A..Y. ANDREWS.

BANKERS CASE...

No. 508,394. Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

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ADOLPHUS Y. ANDREWS, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BAN KERS CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,394, dated November14, 1893.

Application tied Aprn 26. 189s.

.To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, ADoLPHUs Y. ANDREWS, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement inBankers Cases, of which the following is a specication.

My inventionr has reference to bankers cases, and consists of certainimprovements which are fully set forth -in the following specificationand shown in the accompanying drawings which form a part thereof.

- it being maintained in a compact form, and yet allow of its expansionor compression to suit the Varying contents.

My improvements will be better understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of myimproved bankers case.v Fig. 2 is a transverse section of same. Fig. 3is a sectional plan view on line y-y of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectionalelevation on line .0c-x of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is an inverted plan view of myimproved lock; and Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the catch adapted tothe lock.

The case is composed of a series of compartments arranged in groups andconnected by end folds formed of the walls of the compartments andhaving the several groups united by stitching and the lower portions ofthe compartments of each section bound or tied together by a suitableindependent or separate wrapper.

B represents the compartments and are each formed of a bent piece ofcard, heavy paper, textile material, leather or other suitable materialwhich is preferably lined with cloth as at b. These compartments B arearranged in groups of four, as an example, and said groups are unitedtogether by means of stitching C near the ends and bottom, but so SerialNo, 471,907- (No model.)

'card board forming the compartments and are really the extended ends,thereby differing from allother bankers cases heretofore placed upon themarket. The upper edgesof thewalls of the adjacent compartments arebound bya strip of leather or cloth as at J. In this manner the severalcompartments are firmly united together so that upon all sides exceptthe bottom the said compartments appear to be all directly connectedtogether in the same manner. The lower portion of the case shows thatthese several compartments are arranged in groups as at Aand theseseveral groups are maintained as such by the separate backing strips ofleather D extending the length of a single group. The outer portions ofthe4 case are stiffened by heavy boards E and the leathe`r D of theadjacent groups is brought up as at D to impart a finish to the outsideof Vthe case. One of these parts D is extended beyond the body of thecase to form the cover F which should be sufficiently long to fold overthe top and be secured to the lock G upon the front when the case isfull. The flap or cover F is provided at its end with a catch Hwhich isfurnished with a hooked portion hadapted to catch upon the teeth of therack L in the lock which teeth are exposed through a vertical continuousslot lc in the frame Kef said lock G. Thelockin g rack L is laterallymovable in the frame K, and may be moved by a lever M pivoted at m andprovided at its free end with a pin N which extends through the case tothe lfront and permits the lock to be operated by the nger. A spring Ois adapted to operate the lever M to throw the locking rack L in closeor locking position. It willnow be understood that the catch H may bepressed upon the lock G so that its projection catches back of the toothof the rack L which may-be in position to receive it, and by the use ofthe numerous teeth shown in Fig. 5 it is possible IOO to have a largeadjustment in the llap of the case. A key lock P of any suitableconstruction and provided with a key hole p to permit the entrance ofthe key to operate it may be employed for the purpose of locking thelever M against movement and th us positively sealing the case and itscontents against being tampered with.

'It is immaterial to my invention what the minor details of the lock maybe, provided it 1s furnished with a longitudinal slot arrangedtransversely to the length of the case and provided with a series ofteeth orprojections adapted to hold the catch which is secured upon thefree end of the flap or cover.

It will be observed that the case is made up of several cases, one onlyof which has a cover o1' flap, and the several cases are si mply unitedby stitching.

The minor details of construction may be somewhat modified withoutdeparting from the principles of my invention.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A bankers case consisting of compartment pieces arranged to formgroups of compartments, the adjacent outer compartments of successivegroups being each formed of a by lines of stitching arranged at adistance from the ends and bottom ot' the compartments, and independentretaining strips for each group of compartments secured to the bottomthereof so as to hold the bottom portions of the compartments of eachgroup intoa compact structure or section independently movable withrespect to the similar parts or other groups of compartments.

3. In a bankers case, the combination of a series of compartment piecesarranged to form groups of compartments and having their ends securedtogether by means of a strip of {iexible material fastened theretosubstantially in the manner described and in which two or more of thegroups of com partments are united by lines of stitching arranged at adistance from the ends and bottom ot' the compartments, and a flexiblebacking pasted to the bottom edges of the compartments so as to holdthem divided into groups corresponding to the stitched portions thereof.

4. A bankers-case consisting of compart ment pieces arranged to formgroups of compartments, the adjacent outer compartments of successivegroups being each formed of a continuous independently folded pieceforming by its folded edge the closed bottom of the compartment, and theadjacent faces of the said independently folded pieces being united bystitching above the folded edges to join together the'adjacent groups ofcompartments and form a single structure, and the groups of compartmentsbeing` secured together by flexible strips arranged over the foldededges.

In testimony of which invention I have hereunto set my hand.

A. Y. ANDREWS.

Witnesses:

ERNEST HOWARD HUNTER, HELEN L. MOTHERWELL.

